Intellectual self-discipline resists impulses the thinker already harbors within himself

Evidence

By contrast, therefore, the last phase of the common school must be conceived and structured as the decisive phase, whose aim is to create the fundamental values of “humanism”, the intellectual self-discipline and the moral independence which are necessary for subsequent specialisation—whether it be of a scientific character (university studies) or of an immediately practical-productive character (industry, civil service, organisation of commerce, etc.). The study and learning of creative methods in science and in life must begin in this last phase of the school, and no longer be a monopoly of the university or be left to chance in practical life. This phase of the school must already contribute to developing the element of independent responsibility in each individual, must be a creative school. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 345 (#expands, via linked claim)

When asked whether he was ever haunted by thoughts about the suffering his wares might cause, he explained that a weapons dealer cannot afford to think about consequences. Banishing thoughts of the injurious results of one’s actions frees one from restraints of conscience: “If I really thought about the consequences all the time, I certainly wouldn’t have been in this business. You have to blank it off [ sic]” (Thomas, 1982). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2200 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Self-discipline can be externalized by physically constraining oneself; Uninterrupted thought is itself resistance and holds possibility open — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry: Selected Essays…, 289; Intellectual self-discipline and moral independence must precede all specialisation — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 345 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Self-discipline can be externalized by physically constraining oneself #expands (0.85)
• Intellectual self-discipline and moral independence must precede all specialisation #expands (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 345
• Suppressing consequence-thoughts requires deliberate ongoing mental effort. #expands (0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2200
• Being conscious of one’s motives already places them outside the self #expands (0.78) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1075
• Uninterrupted thought is itself resistance and holds possibility open #expands (0.75) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 289
• Self-knowledge of one’s limits requires a vantage point outside them #expands (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 787
• Under loneliness, self-evident logical reasoning becomes a self-generating substitute for real thought #complicates (0.70) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1083